UnifrakturCook
UnifrakturCook is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 22% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses UnifrakturCook
Most PDFs embed only the letters they already use. Type a new letter and many editors either refuse or swap in a different font. MythosPDF recognises UnifrakturCook from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in UnifrakturCook itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 411.4 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 663.4 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 244.1 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 35% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to UnifrakturCook
Measured on every printable character both fonts contain. A smaller difference means the same words take the same space, so lines break in the same places.
- Manufacturing Consent Regularloosely similar widths (51 units)
- Redressed Regularloosely similar widths (58.8 units)
- Cormorant Upright Regularloosely similar widths (59.9 units)
- Libre Caslon Display Regularloosely similar widths (61.8 units)
- Cormorant Infant Regularloosely similar widths (62.2 units)
- Cormorant Regularloosely similar widths (62.6 units)
- Cormorant Garamond Regularloosely similar widths (62.8 units)
- Lobster Two Regularloosely similar widths (63.2 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses UnifrakturCook?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in UnifrakturCook itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is UnifrakturCook free to use?
UnifrakturCook is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, an open licence that allows free use in documents, including commercial ones. Check the licence text for your exact use.
+Which font is closest to UnifrakturCook?
By measured letter widths, Manufacturing Consent is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 51 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does UnifrakturCook support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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